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For better or worst, reading Dijkstra always reminds of these funny (I think) comments that Alan Kay made in 1997... "Arrogance in Computer Science is measured

by dshep 6y ago

For better or worst, reading Dijkstra always reminds of these funny (I think) comments that Alan Kay made in 1997... "Arrogance in Computer Science is measured in nano-Dijkstras" --Alan Kay Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KivesLMncs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KivesLMncs

DonHopkins 6y ago
https://www.quora.com/Has-anyone-criticized-Alan-Kay https://www.quora.com/Has-anyone-criticized-Alan-Kay >Has anyone criticized Alan Kay? >Alan Kay, Had something to do with "Object-Oriented Programming". Answered May 3, 2016. >As Mark Miller mentioned, Dijkstra once said that "Object-Oriented Programming was such a bad idea that it could only have come from California"! However, he and I were friendly, so I took that as a backhanded compliment. My research group at Xerox Parc was known as "The Lunatic Fringe", usually (I thought) affectionately. I don't count trolls on reddit and slashdot and elsewhere. [...]